Senior students will lead investigative workshops, where children experiment with using energy to make things work. Activities will involve exploring fun resources such as rubber-band powered cars, electrical circuits, and simple bots. These workshops will support and develop skills in questioning, predicting, and investigating.
Topic: Innovation and Technology
Carlton Gardens Primary School Goes to Mars
Students will explore the challenges and possibilities of colonising the red planet. Through engaging activities, each grade level tackles different aspects of Mars colonisation: Prep: Sorting and designing storage vessels for essential items needed on Mars. Year 1: Creating 3D models of Mars and recording sounds to understand its unique atmosphere. Year 2: Simulating Martian…
Harnessing Curiosity and Connection in Nature: a STEMM-inspired experience for girls and women
This event consists of building natural structures to solve real-world STEM challenges set amongst the beautiful surrounds of Belair National Park. It will harness curiosity, create personal connections through a positive and enjoyable experience, and broaden scientific literacy through weaving environmental interpretation throughout the event. Facilitated through a series of team challenges, participants will use natural, open-ended…
Lilydale High School Science Week
In this 3 week project, Year 9 Athlete Development Program science students will undertake a STEM focused project to foster authentic student voice and agency opportunities, creating activities and events with an Innovation: Powering Future Industries theme to engage junior students in National Science Week Activity sessions. This project will help our ADP sports students…
National Science Week Launch – WA
Join Inspiring WA and the WA Coordinating Committee in launching National Science Week. Held at Engineers Australia – WA‘s office with stunning views of the river and CBD you’ll be surrounded by our most innovative STEM providers in WA. Hear from WA’s Chief Scientist – Professor Peter Klinken, WA’s 2022 Innovator of the Year –…
Hotdogs, Triangles, and AI: Pattern finding in machine learning
2,4,6,8… There are patterns in numbers, language, nature, and everywhere! Humans are hard-wired to notice patterns, mathematicians analyse and model them, and machines are learning to recognise and apply them. Artificial intelligence may find patterns humans miss. Is this a good thing? Join the amazing Matthew Mack a teaching associate in the Department of Mathematics…
Brain Teaser
Brain Teaser 2023 is a public outreach event held by the Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, john Curtin School of Medical Research (JCSMR) right in the heart of ANU. Inspired by the National Science Week schools theme, we are combining fundamental research and neuro-related industries that helps bridge the scientific gap between research and pharmaceutical output….
Amazing Micro Worlds
See what it’s like to be a scientist and explore amazing micro worlds using advanced microscopes. Children and teens will receive staff guidance to operate the equipment, and can pick and choose what micro slide they would like to investigate underneath the lens. This is an inclusive free event at the Tea Tree Gully Library…
Our Lady Queen of Peace Design and Production Showcase
Every student from Our Lady Queen of Peace Gladesville will showcase a design and production project that they completed in class. Classrooms will be open to parents and students families to be involved with.
Remediate! Pub night Sydney
Gamers and science nerds. Come and test your skills on a new bespoke card game, Remediate!, that shows how to supercharge your microbe character to remediate the most plastic from the environment. Rub shoulders with synthetic biologists, hear more about the opportunities to clean up the environment using synthetic biology. Grab some food and do…